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Koshersoul is the subject as the Berman Center for Jewish Studies presents a lecture by Michael W. Twitty, a James Beard award-winning author and culinary historian, Nov. 1 at 5:30 p.m. in the Wood Dining Room of Iacocca Hall. This event is free and open to the public. Registration is suggested but not required. Koshersoul […]
Marvin Dunn, an 83-year-old Black psychology professor at Florida International University, has been called the N-word four times throughout his life. While the first three incidents went without consequences, the fourth time led to a guilty conviction on federal hate crime charges. David Emanuel, a 62-year-old Rosewood resident, was convicted on six counts of federal […]
This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org, The War and Peace Report. I’m Amy Goodman. We turn now to Florida, where Republican Governor Ron DeSantis is losing ground as support for his 2024 presidential bid slips to its lowest level this year, […]
03:40 – Source: CNN Historian says teachers are being required to teach a lie about a massacre Protesters marched against Florida’s Black history education standards that require lessons that include “how slaves developed skill which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit.” CNN’s Carlos Suarez reports on the backlash. Source link
Members of a Civil War re-enactment troop are seen with the White House in the background during Juneteenth celebrations in Washington, DC, the United States, on June 19, 2023. [Photo/Xinhua] DOHA — As more and more American schools attempt to whitewash the history of slavery, the Black community may face further discrimination in the future, […]
Issued on: 02/05/2023 – 12:08Modified: 02/05/2023 – 12:09 In April, Washington’s city council unanimously approved the first reading of a bill that would inaugurate Swann Street near the Dupont Circle neighbourhood of the US capital. The bill honours William Dorsey Swann. Born in 1860, he was the first known person to dub himself a drag […]
Meet Turkiya Lowe, the first Black person and the first woman to oversee history taught by the agency. This article was originally published by The 19th and is republished here by permission. In recent years, the National Park System has exploded in popularity, with the towering granite monoliths of Yosemite National Park and the beauty […]
Vincent Brown, the Charles Warren Professor of American History and Professor of African and African American Studies at Harvard University, will deliver this year’s Reuben A. and Cheryl Casselberry Munday Distinguished Lecture April 17. Brown’s talk, “Black History’s Warning to the World,” will take place from 5-6:30 p.m. April 17 in Rhodes-Rawlings Auditorium of Klarman […]
Originally published by The 19th For Women’s History Month, we’re letting women tell their stories in their own words through thoughtful conversations. Subscribe to our daily newsletter. In recent years, the National Park System has exploded in popularity, with the towering granite monoliths of Yosemite National Park and the beauty of the Grand Canyon becoming bucket-list […]
Published April 4, 2023, 9:00 am CT 2023-04-04 09:00 9:00 April 4, 2023 am For Women’s History Month, we’re letting women tell their stories in their own words through thoughtful conversations. Subscribe to our daily newsletter. In recent years, the . . .